Klarinet Archive - Posting 000637.txt from 1997/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Plastic clarinets (fwd)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:46:10 -0500

Lisa Clayton wrote:

>My *first* choice for a marching/outdoor horn would be a decent
>METAL clarinet. Drop a plastic one on a cold day (some of
>our members got to play at a very cold inaugural) and you'd have
>one shattered clarinet.

Yes, but wouldn't your fingers/lips freeze fast to the METAL clarinet!?

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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